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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues: Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement; Lacey Act Amendment implementation

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Forest Service; Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA)

Housing HOU

Issues: Housing market reform issues (foreclosure policy, jumbo loans) home mortgage interest deduction tax credit

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

PL 111-203: Restoring American Financial Stability Act (implementation of derivatives provisions)

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Forest Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Transportation TRA

HR 763 / S 747: Safe & Efficient Transportation Act (entire bill) HR 801: Truck Weight Uniformity Act (entire bill) Issues: Truck weights, Georgia Port Authority deepening project

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Forest Service; Energy, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 763 (112th), H.R. 801 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues: Timber REIT and REIT Tax Issues, Cellulosic Biofuels Tax Credit, Home Mortgage Interest Deduction Tax Credit, Section 1402(a) of Title XIV of Water Resources Development Act (Harbor Maintenance Tax)

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Forest Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues: Green building & forest certification issues, EPA Pesticide Registration/Endangered Species Act Consultation issues; EPA Re-registration Eligibility Decision for Soil Fumigants

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); General Services Administration (GSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Forest Service; Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 559: Securing America's Future of Energy and Sustainable Technologies Act (biomass) Issues: Biomass in Energy Policies, Renewable Fuel Standard, Renewable/Clean Energy Standard, Bonneville Power Administration, Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Cellulosic Biofuels Tax Credit

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE

Bills named: S. 559 (112th)

Immigration IMM

Issue: H-2B visas

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

HR 199 / S 231: Protecting America's Energy and Manufacturing Jobs Act (entire bill) HR 872: Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act (entire bill) HR 910 / S 482: Energy Tax Prevention Act (entire bill) Issues: Clean Water Act: pesticide general permits for CWA, forest roads & CWA, and other provisions that impact forestry, manufacturing & housing Clean Air Act: Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rules, EPA final PSD GHG tailoring rule, EPA deferral of biomass treatment in PSD GHG tailoring rule, other provisions that impact forest produdcts manufacturing facilities Climate Policy: EPA GHG reporting rule, carbon offsets

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 910 (112th), H.R. 199 (112th), H.R. 872 (112th)

Natural Resources NAT

HR 752 / S 403: Designate segments of Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (entire bill) Issues: Northern Spotted Owl, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Funding for Forest Legacy and Land & Water Conservation Fund

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 752 (112th)